The West End premiere of a heavily revised version of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane's 2010 Broadway musical version of the 1988 film of the same name by Pedro Almodóvar, begins performances at London's Playhouse Theatre Dec. 17, prior to an official opening Jan. 12, 2015.

Haydn Gwynne

Tamsin Greig, Haydn Gwynne, Jérôme Pradon and Anna Skellern lead the cast, and are joined by Willemijn Verkaik, Ricardo Alfonso and Haydn Oakley.

In a press statement when Greig was cast, she commented, "I am excited, thrilled and terrified to have been invited to collaborate with artists of the calibre of Pedro Almodóvar, Bart Sher, David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane to perform in a musical. If it's true that you are only as good as the company you keep, then I am in very safe hands. And I feel very fortunate to have been encouraged – well, bullied – by my agent to have singing lessons, to learn new skills and to experience other creative mediums. I have also run out of excuses why I can't do it!" Gwynne, who play Lucia, was seen on the West End and Broadway stage as the original Mrs. Wilkinson in Billy Elliot the Musical, and most recently was seen as Mrs. Thatcher in The Audience at the Gielgud Theatre.

Pradon, who plays Ivan, was most recently seen in the French production of Mamma Mia! His West End credits include Whistle Down the Wind, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre, The Lord of the Rings and Pacific Overtures.

Skellern, who plays Candela, has appeared in London in Holding the Man (Trafalgar Studios) and The Vegemite Tales (The Venue). Verkaik, who plays Paulina, is best known for her role as Elphaba in the musical Wicked, which she has performed in London, Broadway, Germany and Holland. Afonso, who plays the Taxi Driver, has appeared in the West End in Thriller Live (Lyric Theatre), We Will Rock You (Dominion) and Top Hat (Aldwych). Oakley, who plays Carlos, recently starred as Gilbert Chilvers in the U.K. tour of Betty Blue Eyes.

The production has been reconceived and re-imagined for the U.K. stage by its original Broadway director Bartlett Sher.